How America Became a Third World Country How America Became a Third World Country
By 2023, what will we make of 2013?
May 21, 2013 / Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford
The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth
Michelle and Barack Obama’s troubling advice to black graduates includes some seriously worn-out stereotypes.
May 21, 2013 / Aura Bogado
How to Help in Oklahoma How to Help in Oklahoma
As is always the case, it’s the poor who are bearing the brunt of the catastrophe.
May 21, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Assad Makes Crucial Gains As US-Russia Peace Conference Teeters Assad Makes Crucial Gains As US-Russia Peace Conference Teeters
Toppling Assad, it turns out, isn’t so easy.
May 21, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
This May Hurt… So Just Ignore It This May Hurt… So Just Ignore It
Being malcontent never made anyone happy.
May 21, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Our Liberty Cannot Be Guarded but by the Freedom of the Press’ ‘Our Liberty Cannot Be Guarded but by the Freedom of the Press’
Libertarian Republicans and progressive Democrats are moving to restore privacy rights in light of revelations of Department of Justice threats to press freedom.
May 21, 2013 / John Nichols
Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today
A new study says nearly 2 million workers with taxpayer-supported jobs make $12 per hour or less.
May 21, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Why Prosecuting Ariel Castro for Murder Won’t Prevent Violence Against Pregnant Women Why Prosecuting Ariel Castro for Murder Won’t Prevent Violence Against Pregnant Women
Whatever their intent, laws equating pregnancy termination with murder are used against pregnant women, not for them.
May 20, 2013 / Lynn Paltrow
Josh Eidelson: The Future of the Workers’ Movement Josh Eidelson: The Future of the Workers’ Movement
A series of strikes by workers in the service industry has shifted the focus of the union movement towards more precarious workers.
May 20, 2013 / Press Room
Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act gives the executive branch of the US government the power to cut off federal funds from any agency that employs federal funding in a racist or disc...
May 20, 2013 / NationAction